April 2004 - openSUSE AMD64 - openSUSE Mailing Lists

recompiling rpms for x86_64
by Arjen Runsink 25 Apr '04

25 Apr '04

Hi, For SuSE 9.0 I built a few rpms Also the src.rpms were built. I was wondering if there is an easy way to rebuild these rpms (using the build script for example). BB, Arjen

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why 64 bit is niftygimp scheme and an extremely thorough plotting dropper
by Benjamin Hamilton 24 Apr '04

24 Apr '04

I was wondering if anyone who has done some data visualizing could tell me whether or not I should stick with python or move to scheme in the 64bit realm if I would like to work with equations and bitmap graphics and 3d (opengl or something better I'm open to suggestions). I will need access to sse2 for speed of floating point and integer I guess I'm ok but what I'm looking for is both a good api like an algebra and a calculus system (that visualizes in teXmacs) and also comes with a library of equations on the order of a few million or most if not all available. I just want to be able to browse inline without having to download everything piece meal. I guess this is an application if not a series of screnes which right now I only have one of. Right now I'm at teXmacs for fun but to my knowledge it doesn't allow inlining html or urls anyone wanna help? Also if you know of simplified scheme that is as easy and fun as python let me know yes fun is what I'm looking for and six flags is a drag, also do high end modelers use math scripting languages I'm talking the million dollar plus ones I have no url links to these so I might think about 3d models as well the bigger the better. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/

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2.6 test kernel on SuSE 9.0
by Chad Whiting 24 Apr '04

24 Apr '04

Hello everyone! Can anyone tell me what kind of luck they have had running the 2.6 kernel in SuSE 9.0 amd_64? I would like to know before I install it. -- Chad Whiting I.T. Administrator Katecho, Inc cwhiting(a)katecho.net

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SuSE 9.1 for AMD64 and nVidia Driver
by Franz Mach 23 Apr '04

23 Apr '04

I think the drivers that are available from nvidia for amd64 don't support the kernel 2.6 . Is it possible to install the nvidia drivers with YOU in the same way as under SuSE for IA32 (maybe SuSE has a special port of the drivers) or do i have to run a 2.4.x kernel? If i have to use a 2.4.x kernel - is this included in SuSE 9.1 for optional installation ? Franz Mit schönen Grüßen von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de

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Re: [suse-amd64] compilation error: need a working libXext
by Dieter Plass 23 Apr '04

23 Apr '04

Thanks a lot, k3b is compiled now! Ciao Dieter > try './configure --enable-libsuffix=64'

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RE: Newbie AMD 64
by daniel.kidger＠quadrics.com 23 Apr '04

23 Apr '04

Art, There is a specific list for suse on AMD64: suse-amd64(a)suse.com. There is a high signal to noise ratio and two of the Suse developers regularly post there. I would expect 64-bit kernel to work and be supported on both of these CPUs - often the portability issues are more to do with the Mobo's - Sata, Nvidea et al. also IMHO the 'FX is basically the same chip as the Opteron - and can be used in dual-cpu servers. The 3400+ is just a x86 souped up to 64-bit instruction set and registers and doesn't have the dual-channel integrated memory controller like the FX and Opteron have. Apart from cost, I don't see at as an obvious choice for clusters. Yours, Daniel. -------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Dan Kidger, Quadrics Ltd. daniel.kidger(a)quadrics.com One Bridewell St., Bristol, BS1 2AA, UK 0117 915 5505 ----------------------- www.quadrics.com -------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Arthur H. Edwards [mailto:edwardsa@plk.af.mil] > Sent: 09 April 2004 23:38 > To: beowulf(a)beowulf.org > Subject: Newbie AMD 64 > > > We are about to purchase several flavors of AMD 64 (at least > the Opteron > and either 3400+ or FX-53). My question is whether Suse 64 kernel > supports all of these architectures at the 64 bit level. > > > -- > Art Edwards > Senior Research Physicist > Air Force Research Laboratory > Electronics Foundations Branch > KAFB, New Mexico > > (505) 853-6042 (v) > (505) 846-2290 (f) > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf(a)beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) > visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >

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Usb problem on tyan k8w
by Chad Whiting 22 Apr '04

22 Apr '04

Hello, (Newbie Here) I am having some great difficulty in getting my hp psc 2175 to work on the thunder k8w dual opteron board. Tyan's site lists some patches etc... for the nvidia card support, but I have a kernel with all but the mtrr patch included after having done an update. It is 2.4. series kernel though. Does the mtrr have anything to do with usb? ptal-init setup does not see the device, even though it is listed in /proc/ bus/usb/devices. It is also listed as a scsi device. The only scsi device I have is the adaptec pci-x single channel controller card with a seageate cheetah attached. Why the printer would list out on both usb and scsi is a mystery to me. Has anyone run into this or know if there are issues with the usb and 9.0 on this motherboard? I also have an adaptec 4 port usb 2.0 pci card in my legacy pci slot. When plugged into this ptal will start the setup, and then hang on /dev/usb/lp0 every time when I choose scan for usb devices. Will the 2.6.X kernel solve some of these problems? I plan on buying SuSE 9.1 when it becomes available but have went with the regular 32bit 9.0 for now until I can get the new and improved SuSE. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. -- Chad Whiting I.T. Administrator Katecho, Inc cwhiting(a)katecho.net

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Ftp install of either 9.0 amd_64 or 9.1 final/beta amd_64
by Chad Whiting 22 Apr '04

22 Apr '04

Hello list, I was wondering where and how you could do a ftp install of the latest 9.0 or 9.1 Suse amd_64 distro. I would like to try it out. -- Chad Whiting I.T. Administrator Katecho, Inc cwhiting(a)katecho.net

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VIA SATA problems
by Andrew Mason 22 Apr '04

22 Apr '04

Hello, I realise that this topic has been covered quite a lot, but hopefully someone will be able to offer me some more advice. I've just bought a nice fast PC to be the main development machine for my startup software company. Most of my work involves open source, so Linux seemed the best option for me, I already run Suse 9 pro on my laptop so thought that would be the best option, especially as it supports AMD64. So obviously I was hugely disappointed to find installing it was a complete non-starter. I've tried to follow the instructions posted here, but so far no luck, and to be honest I have a business to run, and I can't afford to spend much more time on this. I know I should have checked to see if Linux would support my hardware, but I just assumed it would (it installed on my laptop so easily!). Windows XP pro is arriving today, this is the first time I've bought a Microsoft product. My PC is as follows: Mobo: GA-K8VNXP with onboard Via 8237 controller Hard drive: 2 x Seagate Serial ATA 120GB CPU: AMD64 3200XP Raid 0 has been configured in Bios and the array marked as the bootable drive. The GigaRaid option has been turned off (as I think this only applies for pata drives, I may be wrong in this), and I have configured RAID using the BIOS menus for the Via 8237 controller. I have downloaded the SATA patch CD, and have tried installing in safe mode with the settings such as poll=idle apm=off acpi=off, I have disabled the USB keyboard and mouse in bios, Booting with the patch CD gives me this message: crc error<6>ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 03:06 Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06 If anyone has some advice on how to get Suse installed on this machine I'd be greatful, but if it involves days (or weeks) of wrestling with kernel updates and the like, I simply can't afford to do that, I have clients waiting for their software. Otherwise can anyone give a prediction how long it will be before Suse supports SATA properly? Thankyou in advance, Andrew Mason

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compilation error: need a working libXext
by Dieter Plass 22 Apr '04

22 Apr '04

Hello, tried my first compilation (k3b 0.11.9) but configure failed. Here is an excerpt from config.log: configure:27355: checking for libXext configure:27390: gcc -o conftest -ansi -W -Wall -Wchar-subscripts -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -L/usr/X11/lib conftest.c -lXext -lX11 >&5 /usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.1/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/X11/lib/libXext.so when searching for -lXext /usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.1/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/X11/lib/libXext.a when searching for -lXext /usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.1/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure:27396: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: .............. configure:27428: result: no configure:27434: error: We need a working libXext to proceed. Since configure can't find it itself, we stop here assuming that make wouldn't find them either. Would an expert indicate the problem to me? The libXext- files are in the ../X11R6/ .... directories and .../X11 is linked to ../X11R6. PC AMD-64 3000+ Linux Suse 9.0 Thanks! Dieter Plass

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